Chapter 5Alexei’s townhouse
Tuesday afternoon, early evening
“Rene, is The Alpha in?” Vasily asked. “I have Alpha Davidoff for him.”
“Mate troubles again.” Rene sighed. “Every one of the Mates brought a unique set of challenges. Sean had The Alpha in the pit. I’ll tell him Alpha Davidoff is on the line.”
Vasily turned the phone over to Alexei, and after a few moments, Armand came on the line. “Yes, Alexei…”
“Alpha, Donal’s friend stopped by again.”
“The friend who told Rémy who he was?” Armand asked.
“Yes, that one, Julio Reyes. It seems Apuso had a brother. He’s a small-time drug dealer on Staten Island Julio said. Is that in New York?” Alexei tapped a pencil on the pad that covered his antique partner’s desk.
“Yes, one of the five boroughs. I gather the brother doesn’t want to ta
